Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
Senator Merrill Introduces Sd Eiabgafe
Bill Restricting immigration EhtB
tho United Ststes.
America Regarded as unnvehfant Cess
pool b. tie Nations Of the OLD WoxId.
Hou4e NOT Ia ssssi6n.
Fiftisth CcngEess.
THE SENATE.

elections, presented the report in the West
Virgins case. He said that the report
was unanimous. The questions raised
were very simple ones ard easily CON-
pretended. One Of them had been long
ago determined by the Senate, and be sup
posed that all the Senators had had occs.
sion to reflect en- the Others. In order
that the Senator entitled to the seat might
enter at once upon his duties, be hoped
there would be no objection
to having the report disposed
Of at present. The report WAS
read st lergth II concludes with two
resolutions, one declaring that Daniel II.
Lucas is not entitled TO the seat. and The
otner declaring that Charles J. Faulkner
has been duly elected S nator from the
state Of West Virginia for term Of SIX
years, commencing the 4th Of March, 1887
and IS entitled to seat in the SensGs as
such Senator. The resolutions were
aereed to viva voce, and the oath Of
Cffice was thereupon administered to Mr.
Faulkner.
Mr.. boar then moved that Mr.. Fsulk-
ner DE assigned to the committee Oh
claims, District of Columbia, mines and
mining, aid pensions. Agreed TO.
Senator Harris, from the committee on
rules, reported an amendment to the
thirty-frst rule. That rule provides that
where an adverse report is made On q
claim and the report is agreed to it shall
not be in order to take the papers from
the file for the purpose OF referring them
st subsequent session unless the action
states that new evidence has been dis
covered and the substance of it. The
amendment is to add to the rule clause
that In cases where there is no adverse
report it shsll be the duty Of the Secre-
tary OF the Senate to transmit ell such
papers TO the committee in which such
claim is pending. The report was
agreed to.
Among the bills introduced were the
following:
By Senator George: To protect inno-
cent purchasers of patented articles, max
Ing it valid defense for actions against
infringement that the article Wss bought
for use, not for sale, and in good fsith
and in the usual course of trade, and pro-
viding that old patents shall be subject
to purchase by the government for gen
eral use at reasonable valuation.
Senator Chandler offered resolution
authorizing the select committee on In
ian treaties authoriz. d on June 80, 1886,
TO continue its investigation. Referred.
The Senate then took up Senator Nor
rill's bill to regulate Immigration, and
was addressed Oy that S7nsIOr in adVO-
cacy Of the bill.
Senator Morrill, said the measure intro
duced by him WIS intended to regulate
immigration by q scheme 50 moderate as
10 receive general approval. It's main OBJ
lecS, he said, YVES TO have the character
OF the immigrants examined first by the
United States consul at the ports Of de-
parture, instead of by the state cOmml5
sioners at the ports OF arrival. The for
eign idea, he said, was that the United
States invited free immigration, regard
less OF the character of the people, but
the American idea was that it never
really offered an asylum to convicts, to
irreconcilable enemies Of lsw and order
or TO occupants Of the Old Worlds insane
asylums and workhouses. The doors
were left open to persons Of good moral
character. The fect that nearly 100000
immigrants had come to this country
within the LAST ten years proved that the
question was one Of great Importance.
rhe American principles of free
admission Of immigrants was not pro-
posed to be abandoned, but that the prin
ciple had always had one condition that
the immigrants should be OF good charac,
ter and able to support themselves. He
referred to the fact that the mayor of the
Athens of America had presided g.
6 banquet given IL honor OF
the champion slugger OF the prize ring
and If not the will al lesst the political
1t cessities of the Mayor had consented
to that. He said 70 per cent of the popu
lstion Of Boston was composed Of persons
Of foreign birth and foreign parentsge
Eight per cent. OF the population OF NV
York and 9 per cent IF the population OF
Chicago, and these figures might
be aggravated by future immigration.
By the census of 1880 the population OF
foreign birth and parentsge was Is, 900,
600. and the immigration siGce then was
4. 3o4 ,433, 50 without including children
born of foreign percentage there was no"
in this country foreign population nearly
one-third OF the entire population. This
discloses the enorm Us attractive force
exerted by this country on the people OF
Europe. He had lately visited Castle
Garden, n. Y, where vessel had just
arrived from Antwerp with 5000 immi
grants, and the sights he witnessed sug-
gested the doubt whether this country
possessed the transcendent power to
transfer all those immigrants into good
and valuable American citizens. HI
quoted the reply of Mr.. Balfour to
a question in the House of Commons as
TO the government aiding immigration to
the effect that the government would ap-
ply no more money to that purpose dur
ing the year. This he said was negative
pregnant. Mr.. Balfour had not said tina,
parishes or neighbors should not
aid immigration. At the end of
the year immigration might be aideo
OF the government again unless the
fishery commissioners should implore
Mr.. Balfour to refrain from putting bria,s
In their path while cunning diplomacy
was going on here. TIE paupers OF
Great Britain numbered nearly l.
10000 outside the uncounted vag-
rants, and the piupers far exceeded
the number OF sO-cslled psuDers.
There was too strong tendency il Ell
rope TO regard the United States as cess
pool for the vilest products of the old
world. Provident husoandry demanded
that young America should not be wholly
deprived of it's birthright.
Mr. Morrill, said his measure would,
of course, be referred TO the judiciary
committee. He hoped that that commit
tee would report some measure to check
mate the gross imposition from foreign
nations to which this country hiss been